University of Northern Iowa Athletics
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Jason Allen
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- Phone:
- (319) 273-6480
Jason Allen finished his seventh season with the Panthers in 2025.
Since joining the UNI staff in 2019, the Panthers have captured five Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular season championships and four MVC Tournament titles, reaching the NCAA Tournament five times with three wins in the Big Dance. Allen has helped coach three MVC Players of the Year in his time at Northern Iowa in Karlie Taylor (2019), Kira Fallert (2024) and Cassidy Hartman (2025), along with 13 AVCA All-Region performers, 27 All-MVC Team selections and seven MVC All-Freshman Team honorees.
Allen spent the previous five years prior to UNI at the University of Houston where he served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. The Cougars went 53-71 with Allen on staff finishing the 2018 season with a 17-16 mark. Under his guidance, three student-athletes earned All-Conference recognition.
Prior to joining the Cougars, Allen spent the 2013 season at Marquette where he served as the defensive coordinator, working with the middle blockers and the back-row defensive alignment. He also acted as the video coordinator. Allen helped the Golden Eagles to a 26-6 overall record and 15-1 mark in the Big East Conference. That season Marquette advanced to the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship Second Round and were ranked as high as No. 11.
Before Marquette, Allen spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa from 2008-12. He coached the Hawkeyes’ defense and served as the recruiting coordinator. Allen’s efforts in his first two seasons at Iowa paid immediate dividends as the Hawkeyes posted the most overall and conference victories in nearly a decade.
Allen served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Sam Houston State University from 2004-07. He helped lead the Bearcats to a second-place finish in the Southland Conference in 2005 and coached a total of eight student-athletes to All-SLC honors.
Prior to Sam Houston, Allen served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at North Dakota State from 2002-04. North Dakota State won a share of the North Central Conference title in 2003 and qualified for the NCAA Division II National Tournament twice, including a “Sweet 16” appearance in 2003. Allen helped lead four student-athletes to All-Region honors and two to All-America honors in 2003.
Allen is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist (2000). Jason and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters Sophia and Abigail.
Since joining the UNI staff in 2019, the Panthers have captured five Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) regular season championships and four MVC Tournament titles, reaching the NCAA Tournament five times with three wins in the Big Dance. Allen has helped coach three MVC Players of the Year in his time at Northern Iowa in Karlie Taylor (2019), Kira Fallert (2024) and Cassidy Hartman (2025), along with 13 AVCA All-Region performers, 27 All-MVC Team selections and seven MVC All-Freshman Team honorees.
Allen spent the previous five years prior to UNI at the University of Houston where he served as the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator. The Cougars went 53-71 with Allen on staff finishing the 2018 season with a 17-16 mark. Under his guidance, three student-athletes earned All-Conference recognition.
Prior to joining the Cougars, Allen spent the 2013 season at Marquette where he served as the defensive coordinator, working with the middle blockers and the back-row defensive alignment. He also acted as the video coordinator. Allen helped the Golden Eagles to a 26-6 overall record and 15-1 mark in the Big East Conference. That season Marquette advanced to the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship Second Round and were ranked as high as No. 11.
Before Marquette, Allen spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Iowa from 2008-12. He coached the Hawkeyes’ defense and served as the recruiting coordinator. Allen’s efforts in his first two seasons at Iowa paid immediate dividends as the Hawkeyes posted the most overall and conference victories in nearly a decade.
Allen served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Sam Houston State University from 2004-07. He helped lead the Bearcats to a second-place finish in the Southland Conference in 2005 and coached a total of eight student-athletes to All-SLC honors.
Prior to Sam Houston, Allen served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at North Dakota State from 2002-04. North Dakota State won a share of the North Central Conference title in 2003 and qualified for the NCAA Division II National Tournament twice, including a “Sweet 16” appearance in 2003. Allen helped lead four student-athletes to All-Region honors and two to All-America honors in 2003.
Allen is a graduate of Oklahoma Baptist (2000). Jason and his wife, Jennifer, have two daughters Sophia and Abigail.
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